After hearing this, Liu Weichao reminded him: "You are building a railway in Gyeonggi, but in the second half of the year, the built captives will enter the pass and plunder!"
"Ah..." Emperor Chongzhen suddenly lost his voice when he heard this, and then frowned and said, "This is really a troublesome thing!"
It is basically a high probability that Jianlu will enter the customs at the end of the year.
Faced with this situation, there are actually two options.
One is to defend the enemy outside the Great Wall, so as to ensure that the interior of the pass is not damaged. However, in this way, it is impossible to inflict heavy damage on the Jianlu.
The second is to put Jianlu into the pass, and then use the strengthened Yongwei Battalion to dispatch together with the Jingying camp to encircle and annihilate the Jianlu who entered the pass at a suitable location, at least to inflict heavy damage on Jianlu. In this way, it cannot
Ensure that the rebels will not destroy the railway and destroy the people's livelihood in the capital area.
Weighing these in his mind, Emperor Chongzhen asked Liu Weichao: "What do you think should be done?"
After hearing this, Liu Weichao did not answer immediately, but thought for a moment, and then asked Emperor Chongzhen: "I want to know, if the Jianlu invaders really have to invade in October, whether the new army you trained can be sure to defeat the Jianlu
, even if it’s not annihilated, at least it can be driven out?”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he frowned and replied: "After the expansion of the Yongwei camp, it will have 30,000 troops, and after the training of the Beijing camp, the strength will also reach about 50,000. I just went to see their training, and it is almost completed now."
For queue training, we need to hand out muskets and let them practice."
After a pause, he added: "Whether it's Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong, or Sun Yingyuan, they all replied to me, saying that once the new army is well-trained, fully equipped, and well-funded, they can regain Liaodong for me!"
When Liu Weichao heard this, he immediately asked again: "Can you make complete preparations and provide logistical guarantees?"
"I am just trying to sell iron, but I must ensure that the new army gets whatever it wants!" Emperor Chongzhen replied without hesitation when he heard this.
Having said this, he hesitated and said: "Steel production is insufficient and is limited by the transportation of iron ore. Therefore, we are just trying to solve this problem!"
When Liu Weichao heard this, he smiled and said: "In that case, what are you afraid of? Just leave it to your generals to handle the Jianlu invasion. You just need to make overall plans."
Having said this, he paused and then said with a smile: "Then I will look for information on railway construction now. As for the steam locomotive, it is actually very simple. You only need to replace the power conversion device, and it is basically not difficult. In terms of manpower, you
You can get ready first."
Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly replied: "Okay, okay, I will summon the cabinet, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War and other yamen to discuss the manpower matter."
At this point, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked again: "Well, can you send me a copy of the historical process of your world from the army building railways to the company?"
"No problem!" Liu Weichao nodded immediately after hearing this and said, "This is easy to find out. I'll give it to you later!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen hung up the communication happily, and then immediately sent an order urging Concubine Tian to hurry up.
Later, he drove to the Wenhua Hall and summoned relevant people to attend the meeting.
Before Emperor Chongzhen arrived at the Wenhua Palace, there was movement on his cell phone, and it was Liu Weichao who sent him the information he wanted.
After he saw the transformation process from the army to the railway corps and then to the state-owned enterprises, he had a clear idea.
No, Emperor Chongzhen was in a happy mood, and even his chief minister He Fengsheng and others felt it as soon as they met.
When the eunuch Wang Chengen saw it, he immediately showed a flattering smile and asked: "Long live my lord, is there something happy? Tell me about it and let the servants be happy together?"
He knew that if Emperor Chongzhen had any good deeds, he would like to tell others about it. Therefore, he said this.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he really scratched his itch, so he pretended to be casual and said calmly: "I think the matter of the Wei Suo should be settled!"
When these people in the Wenhua Hall heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the garrison system established by Emperor Taizu had already begun to decay by the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, in the future, the truly capable armies had to be recruited, not garrison troops.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, it would be even more so. The health centers set up in various places were a mess.
However, although everyone knows that we cannot rely on guard posts to fight a war, it is very difficult to dismantle the guard posts.
After all, the guard station was set up by Taizu, and if the military households are not well placed, they will not be able to serve the country well, but it is very possible to cause trouble.
Now, Chongzhen suddenly said that he was going to solve the problem of the guard station. After hearing this, everyone present was naturally surprised.
However, Chief Assistant He Fengsheng was more cautious. After thinking about it for a moment, he said: "Your Majesty, are you going to abolish the guard post? If so, I'm afraid it will cause turmoil!"
"No!" Emperor Chongzhen heard this and said calmly, "It's just restructuring, not abolition!"
"Long Live Lord's method must be good!" Wang Chengen who was standing next to him said, "The Chief Assistant just listens to Lord Long Live. If you think there is a problem, it's not too late for you to speak up!"
"..." When He Fengsheng heard this, he quickly reported to Emperor Chongzhen, "This is the veteran Meng Lang. Please give me your Majesty's permission!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "I have decided to set up a railway prison in addition to the twelve prisons in the palace. The military households in the guard station will be transformed into railway soldiers, and the salary will be distributed from the inner palace."
Upon hearing this, everyone was surprised.
Does the emperor want to take down all the guards by himself? How much money will it cost every year?
As soon as you hear this phenomenon, you will know that there must be something fishy in it.
So Du Yinxi, who had been silent all this time, asked: "Excuse me, Your Majesty, what does this railway soldier mean?"
This is the first time they have heard this word. What does it mean?
They keenly realized that the reason why the emperor was so generous was probably related to what happened to the railway soldiers!
As a result, everyone else looked at Emperor Chongzhen curiously and listened to his explanation with open ears.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Du Yinxi and explained to him: "The railway soldiers are not fighting, they are just building roads. But it is not an ordinary road, but rails are laid for the running of steam trains."
Hearing this, the people below were even more surprised. He Fengsheng then asked: "Your Majesty, if you are building roads, you can just recruit civilians. Why go to such trouble?"
"Oh, people's livelihood is so difficult, how can I not know it in my heart!" Emperor Chongzhen listened and sighed and said, "I think that when the country becomes stronger, it will be gradually abolished. But I can't do it now.
, But if you can avoid recruiting civilian husbands, you don’t need to recruit civilian husbands!”
Hearing this, the people present couldn't help but be a little surprised. The emperor's words revealed the future national policy. This is something that has been done by all dynasties. The emperor wants to abolish it?
If this is the case, the current emperor will definitely be praised by all the people. However, it will be even more difficult for the court to do things in the future!
For those present, their participation in this matter will probably go down in history, but they will also be hated by subsequent emperors and officials.
Chief Assistant He Fengsheng hesitated for a while, but finally decided to remind Emperor Chongzhen and expressed the idea.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately smiled and shook his head and said: "Do you think I imagined this out of thin air? I just looked at the current situation. In fact, we already have silver as a substitute for labor. I think it is good, so I will fully implement it!"
This was the case in Liu Weichao's time, so it would definitely be correct to change it according to the direction of historical development.
Of course, he was right.
After Zhang Juzheng implemented a whipping method, if he encountered a situation of labor, he could convert it into silver, that is to say, he could use silver to replace labor.
Upon hearing this, He Fengsheng and others suddenly realized what they were thinking about.
There is no fixed number of local labor services. The government can levy and issue labor services depending on the situation. And labor services can be paid in money. So from another perspective, if labor labor is abolished in the future, it will no longer be free for the government. However, the government will pay for it in other ways.
In terms of tax collection, it is actually nothing more than labor.
Replacing old bottles with new wine is still the same, but it can make the people think that the most painful labor for them is gone!
When he thought of this, He Fengsheng, who had been in the officialdom for the longest time, immediately thought of something and asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, will there be payment for the road paved with railway tracks?"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little appreciative. Because he knew that He Fengsheng and others had never seen railway transportation at all, but he could infer the matter of railway tolls from the limited information.
So, he replied: "It costs a lot of money to lay the railway, and I have to maintain railway soldiers. Is it reasonable not to charge money? Of course, as long as you don't take the railway or take my train, I won't charge you. I only charge the passengers."
Money, there’s no problem with that, right?”
Hearing this, the people present immediately connected this train with the ox-carriage in their impressions. After thinking this way, they naturally agreed with Emperor Chongzhen's statement. Of course, you have to pay for the train, which is very reasonable!
The most important thing is that the emperor also made it clear that it is okay not to take a car, and there is no charge. In this case, how many people will make a paid car?
If the emperor builds this kind of railway, he will probably suffer huge losses!
Thinking this way, no one has any objections, and no one is trying to make a living from this railway business. I just think that the emperor will not regret it when the time comes, and he will withdraw money from the treasury to support the health care center, no, railway soldiers!
Emperor Chongzhen was also cunning. He did not clearly explain the prospects of railway transportation at all. It can even be said that he deliberately misled his ministers, making them think that the cars on the railway were similar to ordinary oxen and carriages.
Therefore, no one else had any objections to the change of the guard post to the Railway Corps, which belonged to the newly established Railway Department of the Inner Palace, and it passed the court meeting smoothly.
Even Emperor Chongzhen’s move won praise from both the government and the public, Holy King!